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Fractured Authors | 25 Question Brain Teasers Multiple Choice Quiz

With homage to crisw. I give you a writer's name in fractured form, e.g. Phil yum sheiks pier=William Shakepeare. Sometimes I use rhymes. You type in the name. I've included writers of all different types of literature, including children's lit.

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 12 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
12 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,877

Updated
Feb 21 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
10 / 25

Plays
2277

Last 3 plays: Guest 81 (4/25), DeepHistory (24/25), Guest 24 (17/25).

Question 1 of 25

1. Quarrels chickens

Answer: (Victorian writer)

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Question 2 of 25

2. Chain nostrum

Answer: (Born in 1775.)

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Question 3 of 25

3. Scat thorough

Answer: (He's a writer and a lawyer.)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Raw bird muck claw ski

Answer: (children's writer)

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Question 5 of 25

5. Chore jar wool

Answer: (political novelist and essayist)

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Question 6 of 25

6. Bar bovine

Answer: (Writes psychological thrillers.)

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Question 7 of 25

7. Keen slay aimless

Answer: (British writer who died recently.)

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Question 8 of 25

8. Gore jelly it

Answer: (Victorian)

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Question 9 of 25

9. Edict war tin

Answer: (American)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Low raw shingles while deer

Answer: (children's author)

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Question 11 of 25

11. Ye lizard death hen rite

Answer: (Thimble Summer, The Saturdays, Gone Away Lake)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Root wren dill

Answer: (Chief Inspector Wexford)

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Question 13 of 25

13. Lieu easy male caught

Answer: (children's writer)

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Question 14 of 25

14. Jiffy saucer

Answer: (before Shakespeare)

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Question 15 of 25

15. Billion carload zillions

Answer: (writer and doctor)

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Question 16 of 25

16. Amish arty

Answer: (Victorian)

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Question 17 of 25

17. Onery shames

Answer: (American)

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Question 18 of 25

18. The brandy snifters

Answer: (Charlotte and Emily)

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Question 19 of 25

19. Eon force stir

Answer: (Two initials and a last name)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Verge zinnia whiff

Answer: (Bloomsbury)

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Question 21 of 25

21. Entire

Answer: (Back When We Were Grown-ups is her new one.)

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Question 22 of 25

22. Rubber sun gravies

Answer: (Canadian writer)

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Question 23 of 25

23. Heavily merely

Answer: (children's writer)

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Question 24 of 25

24. This is a children's author and illustrator whom you may not know, though his dad's work is famous: Scratch her herd.

Answer: (son of 'Goodnight Moon' illustrator)

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Question 25 of 25

25. France's hot sun burned it.

Answer: (children's writer)

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Apr 28 2024 : Guest 81: 4/25
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Quarrels chickens

Answer: Charles Dickens

I especially like the novel 'Our Mutual Friend.'

2. Chain nostrum

Answer: Jane Austen

My favorite is 'Persuasion.' If you like JA, please take some of my JA quizzes under Literature Before 1900 under the main Literature category.

3. Scat thorough

Answer: Scott Turow

I especially love 'The Burden of Proof.' I adore the hero, Sandy Stern. Stern also appears in Turow's most famous book, 'Presumed Innocent.'

4. Raw bird muck claw ski

Answer: Robert McCloskey

I love 'Make Way for Ducklings' and the Homer Price books. McCloskey is a wonderful illustrator, too.

5. Chore jar wool

Answer: George Orwell

My favorites are 'Burmese Days' and 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying.' He wrote some brilliant essays on ordinary topics such as tea drinking and English public schools.

6. Bar bovine

Answer: Barbara Vine

I don't mean to imply that this marvelous writer is at ALL cow-like! Wow, have you ever read 'A Dark-Adapted Eye'? My other favorite is 'The Chimney Sweeper's Boy.'

7. Keen slay aimless

Answer: Kingsley Amis

His first novel was the hilarious 'Lucky Jim.' I've read it about 8 times. Haven't read anything else of his, to tell the truth.

8. Gore jelly it

Answer: George Eliot

'Middlemarch' is definitely one of the best novels in the English language. 'The Mill on the Floss' is terrific, but so sad!

9. Edict war tin

Answer: Edith Wharton

My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' 'The Age of Innocence' is great, too.

10. Low raw shingles while deer

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder

I think I liked 'Little Town on the Prairie' and 'These Happy Golden Years' best.

11. Ye lizard death hen rite

Answer: Elizabeth Enright

My favorite children's writer. If you like her, too, I have a quiz on her Melendy books under Literature--Children's Literature section.

12. Root wren dill

Answer: Ruth Rendell

She and Barbara Vine are the same gifted mystery writer. I like the Barbara Vine books a little better, but the RR ones are terrific, too.

13. Lieu easy male caught

Answer: Louisa May Alcott

My favorite is 'An Old-Fashioned Girl.' Her famous one is 'Little Women.'

14. Jiffy saucer

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

My favorite is 'Troilus and Criseyde.'

15. Billion carload zillions

Answer: William Carlos Williams

A terrific short story writer (not to mention his sublime poetry).

16. Amish arty

Answer: Thomas Hardy

'Jude the Obscure' seems obscure to me, but all the other novels are wonderful--though SAD! He wrote lovely poetry, too.

17. Onery shames

Answer: Henry James

I like 'The Portrait of a Lady.' He wrote some DENSE prose, though.

18. The brandy snifters

Answer: The Bronte sisters

I can never keep straight which wrote 'Jane Eyre,' and which wrote 'Wuthering Heights.' In any case, I like the first one better.

19. Eon force stir

Answer: E. M. Forster

I love 'A Room with a View,' 'Howard's End,' and 'A Passage to India.'

20. Verge zinnia whiff

Answer: Virginia Woolf

I like 'To the Lighthouse.' She's pretty hard to read, in my opinion.

21. Entire

Answer: Anne Tyler

My favorite living writer. (I have an Anne Tyler quiz under Literature somewhere, if you like her work.)

22. Rubber sun gravies

Answer: Robertson Davies

I love 'Murther and Walking Spirits.' Many critics think Davies is one of the best Canadian writers. He died a few years ago.

23. Heavily merely

Answer: Beverly Cleary

What a great writer! I love the Beezus and Ramona books and 'Otis Spofford.' She also wrote some neat pre-teen books like 'Sister of the Bride.' As of the early 2000s, she's still writing, a fellow player tells me.

24. This is a children's author and illustrator whom you may not know, though his dad's work is famous: Scratch her herd.

Answer: Thacher Hurd

My nephew and I love his picture book 'Tomato Soup.' His mother, Edith Thacher Hurd, was a distinguished children's writer, too. His dad, Clement Hurd, also illustrated 'The Runaway Bunny' and many other children's books.

25. France's hot sun burned it.

Answer: Frances Hodgson Burnett

She wrote 'The Secret Garden,' 'A Little Princess,' and other classics. Did you know she lived in Tennessee for a while?

Source: Author robynraymer

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